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A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3441) nicknamed "The Spotted Cow", used as the Flight Assembly ship of the 384th Bomb Group. The image appears to have been doctored in order to make the aircraft spotty; a second ghostly B-17 of the 384th is visible through the tail.
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A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3441) nicknamed "The Spotted Cow", used as the Flight Assembly ship of the 384th Bomb Group. The image appears to have been doctored in order to make the aircraft spotty; a second ghostly B-17 of the 384th is visible through the tail.

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Units

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-3441

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Patches I The Spotted Cow
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date: 8 Sep 2014 15:27:10
ContributorAAM
Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection